East Rutherford, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – David Diehl announced his retirement Friday after 11 NFL seasons as a durable offensive lineman, all of them with the New York Giants.<\/p>\n
Diehl, 33, said it was an honor to play for the Giants.<\/p>\n
“You took a 22 year old from the South Side of Chicago in the 5th round to winning 2 Super Bowls,” Diehl wrote on Twitter. “I can never thank you enough but now I am proud to forever call this place my home.”<\/p>\n
Drafted out of Illinois with the 160th overall pick in 2003, Diehl started his first 120 regular-season games and seven postseason games, the longest streak by a Giants player since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978, the team’s official website said.<\/p>\n
Diehl didn’t miss a game until Week 10 of the 2010 season.<\/p>\n
He played 164 regular-season games on the Giants offensive line, starting 160, and won Super Bowl rings in the 2007 and 2011 seasons. He made the Pro Bowl in 2009.<\/p>\n
“To my coaches and teammates: They say a man is built by the people he surrounds himself with. I could not have had a better foundation to start and finish my career,” Diehl tweeted.<\/p>\n
“To the greatest fans in the world, it’s been one hell of a ride,” he wrote. “Nothing is greater than playing in front of you on Sundays.”<\/p>\n
Diehl had surgery in August to repair a thumb injury and was limited to 11 games this season. It was the fewest number of games he played in 11 seasons.<\/p>\n
In June of 2012, Diehl was arrested after crashing into two parked cars in Queens and pleaded guilty eight months later to a DWI charge.<\/p>\n
Diehl played both tackle positions and both guard positions in his career, spending most of his time on the left side of the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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